forbode

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English forbode, forbod, from Old English forbod (“a forbidding, prohibition”), from Proto-Germanic *frabudą (“prohibition”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, fully perceive”), equivalent to for- +‎ bode. Cognate with Dutch verbod, German Verbot, Danish forbud, Swedish förbud. More at forbid.

Alternative forms

Noun

forbode (plural forbodes)

  1. (archaic) A forbidding, prohibition.
  2. (archaic) A command forbidding a thing.
    God's/The Lord's forbode

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old English forbēad/forbudon, past tense forms of forbēodan (“to forbid”). More at forbid.

Verb

forbode

  1. obsolete simple past tense of forbid.

Etymology 3

Verb

forbode (third-person singular simple present forbodes, present participle forboding, simple past and past participle forboded)

  1. Alternative form of forebode
Translations

References

  • forbode at OneLook Dictionary Search

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • (of past participle) forbydd, forbydt

Adjective

forbode

  1. neuter singular of forboden

Verb

forbode

  1. past participle of forby
  2. past participle of forbyde
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